# Watch an unintentionally hilarious Paul Stanley screentest from the early 1980s

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/watch-an-unintentionally-hilarious-paul-stanley-screentest-from-the-early-1980s/
- Published: 2026-11-10T01:19:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T02:35:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Louder
- Original article: https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/paul-stanley-screentest
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- An early 1980s screentest shows Paul Stanley performing an intense scene.
- Its dialogue may be from Ridley Scott’s 1987 thriller.
- Stanley’s 1982 film cameo was cut.

## Summary

A screentest of Kiss frontman Paul Stanley from the early 1980s has surfaced online, showing him delivering an intensely dramatic performance without his usual make-up. The clip offers a glimpse of Stanley trying out for an acting role during a period when he and bandmate Gene Simmons were briefly pursuing opportunities in Hollywood.

The uploader has not identified the footage’s source, but its dialogue suggests Stanley may be reading for the 1987 film *Someone to Watch Over Me*, directed by Ridley Scott. Stanley also filmed a cameo for the 1982 comedy *Young Doctors in Love*, though his scenes were cut; he later took the lead in a Toronto production of *The Phantom of the Opera* in 1999.

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